Psalms 89:2

89:2 For I say, “Loyal love is permanently established; ¹ 

in the skies you set up your faithfulness.” ² 

Psalms 92:2

92:2 It is fitting ³  to proclaim your loyal love in the morning,

and your faithfulness during the night,

Psalms 100:5

100:5 For the Lord is good.

His loyal love endures, ⁴ 

and he is faithful through all generations. ⁵ 

Matthew 24:35

24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. ⁶ 

Hebrews 6:18-20

6:18 so that we who have found refuge in him ⁷  may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie. 6:19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast, which reaches inside behind the curtain, ⁸  6:20 where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek. ⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “built.”

² sn You set up your faithfulness. This may allude to the Lord’s heavenly throne, which symbolizes his just rule and from which the Lord decrees his unconditional promises (see vv. 8, 14).

³ tn The words “it is fitting” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. Verses 1-3 are actually one long sentence in the Hebrew text, but this has been divided up into two shorter sentences in the translation in keeping with contemporary English style.

⁴ tn Or “is forever.”

⁵ tn Heb “and to a generation and a generation [is] his faithfulness.”

⁶ sn The words that Jesus predicts here will never pass away. They are more stable and lasting than creation itself. For this kind of image, see Isa 40:8; 55:10-11.

⁷ tn Grk “have taken refuge”; the basis of that refuge is implied in the preceding verse.

⁸ sn The curtain refers to the veil or drape in the temple that separated the holy place from the holy of holies.

⁹ sn A quotation from Ps 110:4, picked up again from Heb 5:6, 10.